Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05820 Compare Versions

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5820
8	7		January Session, 2019
9	8		LCO No. 4533
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12	11		Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
13	12		AND ELECTIONS
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16	15		Introduced by:
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21	20		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY RANKE D-
22	21		CHOICE VOTING.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
27	26		to study the implementation for state or municipal elections of a 2
28	27		method known as ranked-choice voting, or the casting and tabulating 3
29	28		of votes in which (1) voters rank candidates in order of preference, (2) 4
30	29		tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which last-place 5
31	30		candidates are defeated and until one candidate receives over fifty per 6
32	31		cent of the votes cast, and (3) the candidate receiving over fifty per cent 7
33	32		of the votes cast is deemed to have been elected to such office. Such 8
34	33		study shall include, but need not be limited to, an examination of the 9
35	34		feasibility of implementing such method in the state, what current 10
36	35		election administration processes would need to be changed to 11
37	36		effectuate such a method, any potential costs, issues and benefits 12
38	37		relating to such method and any recommended statutory changes 13
39	38		necessary to implement such method. 14
40		-	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 15 Committee Bill No. 5820
	39	+	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 15
	40	+	Committee Bill No. 5820
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47	45		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 16
48	46		one of whom has expertise in election administration; 17
49	47		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 18
50	48		of whom is a registrar of voters; 19
51	49		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 20
52	50		Representatives, who is a town clerk; 21
53	51		(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who has 22
54	52		expertise in municipal elections; 23
55	53		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 24
56	54		Representatives, who has expertise in state elections; 25
57	55		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a 26
58	56		registrar of voters; 27
59	57		(7) The Secretary of the State, or the secretary's designee; and 28
60	58		(8) The executive director of the State Elections Enforcement 29
61	59		Commission, or the executive director's designee. 30
62	60		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 31
63	61		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 32
64	62		of the General Assembly. 33
65	63		(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 34
66	64		thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 35
67	65		filled by the appointing authority. 36
68	66		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 37
69	67		pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 38
70	68		from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 39
71	69		schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 40
72	70		later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 41
73		-	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 42 Committee Bill No. 5820
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80	77		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to elections 43
81	78		shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 44
82	79		(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 45
83	80		report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 46
84	81		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 47
85	82		relating to elections, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 48
86	83		of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 49
87	84		submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 50
88	85		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
89	86		sections:
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91	88		Section 1 from passage New section
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93		-	GAE Joint Favorable
	90	+	Statement of Purpose:
	91	+	To establish a task force to study ranked-choice voting.
	92	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	93	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	94	+	not underlined.]
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	96	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.; REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
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	98	+	H.B. 5820
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